Veteran choreographer Saroj Khan praised actress Deepika Padukone for her performance in Bajirao Mastani and said that it is important to bring back elements from Indian culture into dance like the film did.
“As the trends and period start changing, we should walk along with the public. The public today go to the toilet as soon as an English song starts, like how they used to do it for Indian songs earlier. So it is very important that we bring back our things like you can see in Bajirao, that Indian dance can also grip you,” said Khan.
The song Pinga from Bajirao Mastani, featuring Padukone and Priyanka Chopra had instantly drawn comparison to Khan’s choreographed song Dola Re from Devdas starring Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai for the same director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
“In my generation, Madhuri brought whatever it was and after that, no one came about. And now, Deepika is very good, she always brings something nice and new, she also dances well.”
Khan had choreographed Kareena Kapoor Khan in the Agent Vinod song Dil Mera Muft Ka and she considers her “superb”.
She also feels that the new generation of dancers need to contribute to change the trend in the dance forms. “It’s important that they give good dances in films because we’ve got bored of making contemporary and hip-hop, we should make something different,” she said.
Khan has also been working on a Hollywood project.
